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Life After the Deadly Earthquake in Qinghai
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A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, Wednesday, leaving at least 617 people dead, 9,110 people injured and many others buried under the debris.
The province had experienced 53 earthquakes above a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale since 2001, according to China Earthquake Administration.
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7.1_magnitude quake hits Qinghai, over 400 people died
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YUSHU, Qinghai – About 400 people have died and 8,000 others were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China’s Qinghai Province early on Wednesday, a local official said.
Many others are still buried under the debris of collapsed houses near the epicenter, said Huang Limin, deputy secretary-general of the government of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu.
About 700 soldiers are now struggling to clear away the rubble and rescue the buried people, a spokesman with the Q…
Death Toll Rises to 617 in Qinghai Earthquake
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The death toll from a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in northwest China’s Qinghai Province has risen to 617, rescuers said Thursday.
The latest statistics show that 313 people were missing and 9,110 injured, 970 severely, said a spokesman with the rescue headquarters in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in southern Qinghai.
Almost 2,000 soldiers, police officers and fire-fighters were carrying out search and rescue operation in the Gyegu Town, the seat of the Yushu prefecture government, th…
